Tag: Covid-19
Ocean State Job Lot providing free fabric to make homemade masks
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot is launching the “Mask Fabric for Free” campaign to supply customers with fabric to create a homemade...
R.I. allocated $4.6M for public safety related to COVID-19
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is eligible to receive $4.57 million in federal funding for public-safety agencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Jack Reed,...
COVID-19 cases reach 1,727 in R.I.; quarantine enforcement planned
PROVIDENCE – The state has identified 1,727 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday afternoon, marking a 277-case increase from one day prior, with eight...
COVID-19-related UI filings pass 106K in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Filings for Unemployment Insurance in Rhode Island due to COVID-19 totaled 106,694 as of Wednesday, an increase of 3,050 from the previous...
Fane Organization seeks ‘pause’ on Hope Point Tower deadlines
PROVIDENCE – The developer who hopes to build a luxury residential skyscraper in downtown Providence is seeking a “pause” of an unspecified time to...
Providence City Council calls for state to suspend evictions, foreclosures
PROVIDENCE – The City Council has introduced a resolution that would call on the state to suspend evictions and foreclosures until the COVID-19 crisis...
R.I. COVID-19 cases increase to 1,450, with five more deaths
PROVIDENCE – The number of identified cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island reached 1,450 by Wednesday afternoon, an increase from 1,229 on Tuesday, Gina...
Superior Court approves new program for businesses to stay collections, evictions
PROVIDENCE – A program ordered by the R.I. Superior Court could offer a needed lifeline to businesses that have been hit hard by losses...
Neronha says police can charge landlords who evict tenants
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island's attorney general says police can file criminal charges against landlords who wrongfully evict tenants during the coronavirus pandemic.
The attorney...
Stepping Up: West Warwick students use tech skills to print parts...
WEST WARWICK – Michael Shunney, an industrial technology teacher at West Warwick High School, posed a question to his students on March 23, the...
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